The Sun. — London, England, 1818-01-05 00:00:00

Port for the space of. six months from the date of the 13th November. (From the New York Commercial Advertiser of Dec. 2.) IMPORTANT.— The Executive. of this State re ceived on Saturday, by express, the following important information : Extract of a Letter from General GAINES, dated ilead-quarters, Fort Gaines, Noy. 9, 18 1 7- E' had the honour to receive, at Fort Alontgomery, on the eve of my movement hither, your Excellency's communication of the 17th `September, My disposable force, consisting of Ale 4th and 7th infantry, marched on the 20th by the -Ceneka, on our new route, and arrived atithis place last night. I had entertained 'a hope that the Seminole Indians, apprised of this move ment, would yield to my command, and thereby obviate the necessity of marching to the frontiers the military force which you were pleased to put in readiness for the purpose. This hope has not been realised ; on the contrary, it appears from the best information I can obtain; that the Semi at'les ,have made arrangements to collect their fc ' r ee, amounting to 2000 warriors, and attack tit ay soon as we cross Flint Rivet% Although I Put little faith in their threats, and believe th eir numbers to be over-rated, yet, under all the circumstances of the case, I feel it to h my .duty to request of your Excellency the regiment of infantry and squadron of cavalry designated for this service, and that they may be ordered to assemble at Fort Hawkins on the 25th inst. or so soon after that day as may be practi cable, Where the infantry will be armed and equipped, and the whole mustered and inspected by Major NM, of the army of the United States. apprehend that it will not be practicable to arm the cavalry but in part. It is thenceforth very desirable that this part of the force should bring their own arms and equipments otherwise I Ault be under the necessity of putting muskets into the bands of such as I may be unable other wise to arm." Copy of a Letter from Major TWIGGS to General GAMES, dated Fort Scott, Non. 1. " . S.rg,—Since my last communication nothing of any importance has occurred in this quarter. I have a Chaascter in confinement who was present *t the meeting at the Mikasaka town last Sep tember. The determination of the Indians is to Sive up no murderers or others of the Whites, and " SQ " 28 we cross Flint River, to attack us. The Chi efs counted the number present at the meet jog - -ther e were 2700 wariors. ee Fn compliance with the above requisition, eettere have been 'issued by the Governor for the "rafted Alili t i a to rendezvous at the place tip- Pointed by the first of next Month." k'llr 'et of 0 Letter front St. Augustine, Nov. 28. " CUAR , ESTON, Dec. 4.--Arrived here the troo p Randolph, eight days from St. Augustine, voith hides and oranges ; the Captain reports, that the tnarket was so dull that there was no business glf" any kind doing ; the Spaniards had assembled a large force there for the protection of the place against the Patriots. The Spanish Governor's brig t a ct& Fernando had brought a reinforcement of b . oops from Havanna!), besides a great deal of I "tiey and military stores. There were from 12 t ' 1 500 regular troops in the Garrison besides the t kli tift, and the inhabitants were under no appre "lions whatever from the Patriots." hy th e arr i va l f rom Galveston we learn, that that Port bad been entirety abandoned last month. 47 a e nteen sail d e p art ed i n t h e di rect i on o f A me li a u d• From this circumstance the report pro "Ay originated, which has been in circulation, of 4 fl ot illa having appeared off Apalachicola,--(Nett %le ans Gazette of Nov. 17) .3r (Fron t the Charleston Courier of Nov. 6) este rdaY passed this town 500 men, on their arch to Fort Ha wkins,with 4 pieces of artillery, Futlnders each. to 41"tnemOirs of the late Bishop of LANDAPF seem tch, ll4 v-e atipplied several of the Public Prints with . 4 1 " which th e y -h ave di scusse d accor di ng to the .at I tl 'e of their:vie ws , an d i n con f orm i t y to t h e i r ‘ iti cal principles. Such a use of the work was to ti e e. xPected, no r there muc h reason f or bl am i n g ur l° ' 4 e wlid so far.availed themselves of the opinions a n " "inguished and respectable character ; but of t i t ttl e reprehensible conduct- which relates to we e %lit question, that of The M orn i ng Ch ron i c l e t : : 111 to be the most glaringly offensive. Not satis sh, with Whet the Son of the departed Prelate has pe - h u ght.pr u p er to give to the Public, and ' it is, It or a l l°, to h e con f esse d that b e m i g h t have been to ar e caut io us, The Morning Chronicle wants to "%'y the veil with which filial reverence had : ver e d t h e ashe s o f t h e d ea d . S ure l y i t must be Af ore that the Son of the Bisjtop would have th an l ' e g dr(l• to the memory of his Father h e tafn 1111 the Writer in The Mo rn i ng Ch ron i c l e , an d "bli capabl e o f . deciding oil the propriety of c 4 as " 1 " regret to say that the Bishop was too much of a Politician for his sacred calling, as, with his talents and attainments, if be had calmly pursued the awful duties of his function, there could be no reason to doubt that he might have reached its highest honours. But the me mory of the Bishop has been exposed to .ano ther attack from a contrary quarter, as a Journal, of. politics totally different from those of The Morning Chronicle, has attempted to vindicate the suppression of which the latter complains, allegi»g that, for the sake of " common decency," the Bishop's Son ought not to be pro voked to publish any more of the work in ques tion. The charge implied in this insinuation is full as censurable as the attempt of The Chronicle to draw forth to the public eye what filial reve rence was induced to bury in oblivion. But we may fairly ask the Writer who defends the sup pression, how he could possibly know the nature of the matter suppressed ? It is not likely that the Son of the departed Author would have consulted a Newspaper Writer, previous to the publi cation, and would have been decided by his judgment what was proper or not for publication ! But, what is the result of this indecent contro versy between Party Writers / Why, that the Public at large will look up %, , tith less respect to the memory of a Prelate who possessed great abi lities, with much private virtue ; who had given to the world many useful works, and who might have found sufficient employment in tl►e duties of his sacred calling, but who permitted politics to mingle with those sacred duties, and thereby opposed obstacles to his own advance ment towards those high dignities to which he would otherwise have bad indisputable preten- sions. Tue KING'S HEALTH.—Oa Saturday there was a Quarterly Meeting of the Queen's Council, to rece've the Report of the Ductors in attendance on his MAJESTY. The Council. was held at 12 o'clock, and was att. , ndud by the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the Duke of nuntro3e, the Earl of WTINCHELSEA, and Lord ARDEIsT.- The Quarterly Report was deposited at the Council-Office by the Archbishop of 'CANTERBURY, on his return from Windsor. The following Bulletin was exhibited at St. James's Palace yesterday WINDSR CASTLE, JAN,. 3.—His Majesty has passed the last month in a rery tranquil manner, and in a good state of bodily health; but his Majesty's disorder remains unchanged. " H. HALFORD, " JOHN WILLIS, " M. BAILLIE, " ROBERt WILLIS." " W. HEBERDEN, CORNtEXCHANGE, JAN. s.—Our Market was well supplied this morning with all kinds of Grain, and fine samples of Airheat sold readily early in the morning at the prices of this day week ; but towards the close they were dull, and inferior sorts from Is. to 2s. per quarter lower ; Fine Malting Barley supports its price, hut inferior is 2s. per quarter lower ; Malt is dull ; Grey Pease have declined 2s. per quarter ; the Oat Trade is dull, and Is. per quarter lower ; in other articles no alteration. Foreign Wheat -40 s. 50s. Fine ditto - - 9Ss. 103 s. English Wheat -40 s. 50s. Fine ditto - - -82 s. 88s. Old ditto - - - Sss. 103 s. Rye Fine ditto - - - 445. —s. Barley - - -30 s. 375. Fine ditto - - - 425, —s. New ditto - - - 525. —s. Malt Fine ditto - - -80 s. 86s. WhitePease (boilers) 525. 5Ss. Fine ditto - - -60 s. —s. Grey Pease - - - 325. 40s. Fine Grey Pease - 445. Tick Beaus - - -40 s. 465. ,Old ditto - - - 525. —s. Small Tick Beans 445. 50s. Old ditto - - - 465. 58s. Feed Oats - - -17 s. 19s. Fine ditto - - - 265. 31s. Poland ditto - -17 s. )9s. Fine ditto - - - 99%. 355. Potatoe ditto - - 345. 395. Rape Seed 481. 561. per last. Fine Flour - - - 755. 80s. Seconds - - -70 s. 753. WINDSOR, JAN. 4.—Yesterday, after the break ing up o f the Queen's Council, all the Members left Windsor, except Lord ARDEN, who remains on a visit to the QUEEN. The same day the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER left the Castle for Bagshot-park. This morning the QUEEN and PRINCESSES attended Divine Service in the private Chapel in the Castle. Saturday, about twelve o'clock, the Duke of CLARENCE arrived at his house in St. James's-Pa. ! lace, : from Bushy-park. Saturday, about two o'clock, Viscount and Vis .countess CASTLEREAGH left their house in St. James's-square, for Hatfield, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of SALISBURY, for a iew days ; from thence they will proceed on a visit to Lord SUFFIELD, in Norfolk,: where they will remain, about a fortnight, and then return, for his - Lordship to make arrangements for the Meet ing of Parliament. MAGISTERIAL CHANGES.--Mr. WHITE lately. s'uceeetted T. B. PLESTOW, Esq. one of the Ma gistrates at Queen-square, who resigned ; and Mr. Cobauttoutst, another Magistrate of Queen square; - having sent in his resignation, in conse quence of ill health, is to be succeeded by Mr. MAE CLAND, one of the Sbadwell Magistrates, front which office Mr.. WHITE ha d also been transferred. !) transferred. Mr. FIELDING, we are s orry to state, has been • for some time back confined, through indisposition, to his room. Lait Wednesday, at Brighton, the Right Hon. JOHN LEACH received the - honour of Knighthood, preparatory to his appointment to the'office of Vice Cllancellor. On Wednesday last died, in St. Thomas's Hos pital, 'Jour' HOOPER, one of the State prisoners tried with Thistlewood, Preston, and Watson, for high treason : his remains will be interred by the side of Cashman, according to his request, on Sun day the I lth inst. in Stepney Church-yard : he has been in a &ciao - ink; state of health ever since Lis acquittal. POETRY.. TO PRINCE LEOPOLD. What though a Husband's happiness be gone, And future prospects from the English Throne, Yet, LEoroLn! is thine no common pride, Thou weep'st—and not a. Briton's eye is dried. Take, then, if ,aught can minister relief, The general homage of a People's grief; Thyself the Idol of a Nation's Love, Thy Wife associate of the Saints a! lore ! The Earl of LIYEpPOOL, after` transacting busi ness at the Treasury, on Saturday morning, left town, for his seat, Cornhe Sir JOSEPH BANKS transacted business with the Admiralty Board on Saturday, supposed to relate to the intended voyage towards the North Pole, on discoveries. The ships,' it is said, are to have two years -provisions on board, and are also to be supplied with warm clothing, &c. for the use of the officers and men. Sanguine hopes are enter tained .of a passage being discovered to the North Pacific Ocean. The crew, it is said, will consist of 50 men, it - winding officers, ifteach vessel. They will also be provided' with every appendage used by the Greenland ships ; and some experienced men in that service are to go in the vessels. The. unaccountable Disappearance of Mr.D.—The afflicted relatives, we are sorry to state. are still without any information respecting the Gentle man who arrived in town front the Isle of Tha net, early in December last. Hints are now thrown out, that, in a state of temporary mental derangement, he probably may have thrown him self into the Thames ; and Putney-bridge, from its exposed situation, is thought likely to he the spot. Steps, we heard on Saturday, were then taking to employ the drag across that part of the river.—(Morriing Post.) Yesterday being the Duke of RUTLAND'S birth day, their Graces gave a grand entertainment on the happy occasion, to a numerous assemblage of distinguished rashionables, at their seat, Belvoir Castle. This evening they give a ball and supper to their domestics and tenants, at which their Graces, with their usual affability and condescen sion, join in the three first dances. At the instance of the Rev. Dr. CRACKNELL, of Weymouth, the Senatus Academicus of the Uni versity of Glasgow have conferred the gratuitous degree of Doctor in Divinity on the Rev. ROBERT Mon BISON, of Canton.—Dr. M. has greatly distin guished himself as an Oriental scholar. His translations of the Holy Scriptures into that most difficult language, the Chinese, and his Chinese Dictionary, now in progress, and which is ex pected to be completed in four volumes quarto, must insure to him in the literary world an im mortal reputation. The Doctor acted as Inter preter to Lord AMHERST in the late embassy to China. • SUDDEN DEMISE 0.35' COUNT ZENOBIO —On Thursday night died, at his house in Duke -street, St. James's, Count &NORIO,'is his 56th year.— It is not many days since the 'writer -of this article held a conversation with him, in the presence of a large circle, every one in which was congratu lating the deceased upon the apparent good health which he enjoyed. The Count, in the most animated manner, replied to the various' compli ments passed, and added," I thank God I never enjoyed better health than I done for a long time past." The Count then • dwelt upon the precarious tenure of his property. He was de scended from the first family in ,Europe among the noblesse ; being not only a Prince in the Venetian Republic, but also a Prince in the House of Aug-, trio. Count Zenohio was also the nephew of Emo, the late Admiral of Venice ; bt was the owner of two of the finest palaces in the world, Emo and Zenohio. The political bias of the Count is well known. As a man of fashion and gallantry he took the lead at Versailles, when under the ancient regime ; at Baxter's Club, he usually risked 50001. every night. This was 'about the year 1790. The. house in Du s ke-street had been just entered upon ; it having been previ ously furnished in e neat and tasteful style. — (Morning Post.) Yesterday the remains of the late Mr. ROBERT PALMER, of Drury-Lane Theatre, were conveyed to the church-yard of St. Martin•iu-the-Fields, where they were deposited in a vault Rear the church.—This last sad procession was attended by the relatives of the deceased in two mourning coaches. Five mourning coaches which followed were filled by the principal of his late brother Performers of Drury-lane. The coffin, which, as well as all the necessary arrangements for his funeral, had been executed according to his own particular directions, was of plain English oak, polished and lined with lead, but without any ornament whatever. , Mr.PALMISR was in his 6211 year. Fitts —Abort half-past six this morning, at Mr. SHAW'S, baker, opposite Newington Church near the Elephant end Castle, which comtuuni-, cated to three adjoining houses, and burnt com pletely down to the ground. Happily, by the prompt arrival of the engines, it was got under by ten o'clock without any other damage. No lives were lost. On Wednesday, as . the game-keeper of Sir En- WARD SMYTHE, Bart. Of Acton Burnet, in Shrop shire, was endeavouring to reach a duck which he had shot upon a pool; the ice broke in,- and he was drowned. 'New YEAR'S ,girsT—The New Pocket Book published by MARSHALL is certainly a desirable Present for the New,Year, as it contains nine ele gant copper-plate Engravings, Views of interest ing buildings in'Great Britain, including a highly finished frontispiece view of the Prince Regent's Proiessio'n on opening Waterloo Bridge,—also a Memoir of her late Royal Highness the'Princess Charlotte, interes,ting anecdotes, and a variety of useful information, price only Is.6d. and publish ed only at MARS‘HAUCS Lottery Office, 1, Hol born Bars, corner of Middle-row, where particu lar or favourite Numbers may be obtained for the New Lottery to begin Drawing 4th March, containing 100 Capital Prizes, including Three of 30,0001. SHIP NEWS. Dom, J. 4.---The stern of a vessel slrifred on shore yesterday about a mile tp the Westward of this port, having on it "'!'lie Friendship, of Newcastle ;" the word Newcastle apparently lately been written over that of London. Also came on shore a cask of lamp black and part of the deck of a vessel, apparently the quarter-deck of a foreigner. ILFRACOMBG, JAN. 3,—The Concord, CROSS.. COMBE, from 13ristol to Bideford, with a general cargo, was last evening, at low water, run on shore at the entrance of this.harbour, and sunk ; part of the cargo has'been landed, and the vessel is expected to be saved. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Sailed yesterday his Majesty's. ship Tike on a cruise. FALMOUTH, JAN. 2 —Sailed the Princess Char lotte p:cket with a mad for the Leeward Islands. Ptit back yesterday the Fox and Eliza transports, bound to Cork. HAawrcir, JAN. 4 —Arrived the Henry Free ling packet with a mail for Holland, the Castle reagh and Lord Nelson packet, with a mail for Cuxhaven. A Dutch Mail arrived last night. It contains a curious reference to the Holy Alliance, in an article from Petersburgh, and statement from Vienna, respecting regulations to be agreed upon between Austria and Prussia, relative to the pub lic press in Germany, which probably have also a reference to the_Holy Alliance, &c. It is now ascertained that the Lady of Major. General SEYMOUR, the Governor of Saint Lucic, her nine children, and her brother, Mr. PINCK.• NEY, the Governor's Aide-de-Camp and Secre• tary, were extricated in safety from the ruins in which tue barracks of that Island were laid by the late dreadful hurricane. A Letter from Ramsgate, dated the 211 instant, says, " The hull of a wreck (a brig), was seen this morning on the Goodwin Sands ; and the boat• men who have been off report that she is supposed by the people of the Light Vessel to have gone on shore on Monday night. She appears to be Hull built, with yellow sides., One of the boats here hooked up a barrel of lamp-black out of her. We cannot learn her name or more particulars at present. An anchor, weight 14cwt. 2 qrs. 71b., marked Fowler and Co. No. 29. has been landed here, taken up in the Downs." It is reported that more than half a million was paid on Friday, at the Custom-house, for sugar duties : of this sum one West India-house is said to have paid 80,0001. in one check. Last week, as the constable of Alvingham was conveying a. woman to Louth House of Correc tion, to be confined twelve months, for having had three bastard children, they stopped at a public-house to take some refreshment, when the woman stepped out of the door, leaving a child she had in her arms with the constable, and has not since been heard of. K IDNAPPE RS.-A few days ago Daniel and Sarah Sullivan, the children . of a poor man residing in Red Lion•alley, Cow-cross, the girl about nine and the boy about seven years of age, were enticed away by . a woman, who was seen purchas ing apples for them in Smithfield; and who took them down Barbican. The poor children's parents hare made every inquiry in vain for them ; and although a reward has been offered by the parish, they have not yet been heard ot. On Monday se'nnight, the drums of a detach, meat of three companies of the 58th regiment, marching oitt of Sunderland for Hull, so frighten ed a horse in a cart in the High-street, that it ran the shaft of its can into another horse stand ing close by, which dropped down and expired immediately ; it belonged to a poor man. A mer chant of that place collected in a few minutes a suns exceeding five pounds of the bystanders, which he presented to its owner, when be was thanked with blessings and a flow of tears, drawn by surprise and gratitude at the promptness of the action. VIGILANCE OF WATcnmetsr•--Friday night .a fellow was stopped by the watchmen with 501 b. of pork, which they suspected he had stolen. They took him to Norton Fa'gate watch-house, where the constable of the night perceiving him very cold, permitted hint to sit by the Are, leaving two watchmen to guard. , hilt,: : "The . watchmen both (ell asleep, and the prisonetAnding a pair of hand cuff's in the - place, he handcuffed them together, and escaped, taking with him both the cutlasses, and also .. • ACCIDENT. , —The Coik Mail Coach, by way,of .Cashel, to Dublin, on Thursday morning, upset, near Castledurrow, and with much regret We'have to state, that the coachman was killed on the spot, the two Guards were severely hurt, and a Lady, an inside passenger, ,sustained some . . injury. A few clays since, as a man at the Abercombie Inn, at Arundel, was making some detonating crackers for sale, he inca►►tiously let fall some of the mixture. (fulminating silver), about the quan tity of the size of a pea, when another man acci dentally stepping on ►t, it exploded, and tore off three of his toes, and shivered his shoes in frag ments. The following Letter has appeared in several Morning Papers, Sir,—Observing a paragraph in your raper respecting the cure of an Hernia, performed (of a large size) by the Medical Board, at Charlotte-House, Great Charlotte-street, Block friars-road, in justice, Sir, to Messrs. COOPER and Co. I beg to add my personal • testimony. .1-laving been afflicted .near 'twenty years, and deemed incurable by eminent Surgeons, I patiently bore my affliction, expecting every hour to be my last ; I at length applied to the Medical Board, And have rea son to pray for that excellent Establishment, for although I • am near 50, I was perfectly elated in a few Weeks, and now, thank God, enjoy good health. I think, Mr. Editor, all who know me will ailow that I can have no other motive for this communication than a public benefit. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, C. CIiEVELAND. Dog and Stile, near London-toad, St, George's Fields, Oct. 1617.